Ovarian Stimulation

Mohamed Aboulghar is Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University and Clinical Director, The Egyptian IVF-ET Center, Maadi, Cairo, Egypt. Botros Rizk is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Director, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility and Adjunct Professor, College of Allied Health, University of South Alabama College of Medicine, AL, USA.

Preface; Part I. Mild Forms of Ovarian Stimulation: 1. Oral agents for ovulation induction Mohamed F. Mitwally and Robert F. Casper; 2. Ovulation induction for anovulatory patients Evert J. P. van Santbrink and Bart C. J. M. Fauser; 3. Mild ovarian stimulation with IUI Ben J. Cohlen and Astrid E. P. Cantineau; 4. Mild approaches in ovarian hyperstimulation Geeta Nargund and Claire Basille; Part II. Ovarian Hyperstimulation for IVF: 5. GnRH agonist for ovarian hyperstimulation Richard Fleming; 6. GnRH antagonist for ovarian hyperstimulation Mohamed Aboulghar; 7. Gonadotrophin for ovarian hyperstimulation Madelon van Wely and Monique Mochtar; 8. Progesterone during ovarian hyperstimulation Ernesto Bosch; Part III. Difficulties and Complication of Ovarian Stimulation: 9. Ovarian hyperstimulation for poor responders William B. Schoolcraft and Eric S. Surrey; 10. Ovarian stimulation for PCO patients Carol Coughlan and William Leigh Ledger; 11. Complication of ovarian hyperstimulation Botros Rizk and Mohamed Aboulghar; 12. How to select ovarian stimulation protocol to avoid difficulties and complications Ziad Rafic Hubayter and Suheil J. Muasher; Part IV. Non-Conventional Forms Used During Ovarian Stimulation: 13. Adjuncts for ovarian hyperstimulation David R. Meldrum; 14. hCG and LH supplementation during ovarian hyperstimulation Marco Filicori, G. E. Cognigni, W. Ciampaglia, P. Pocognoli, C. Tabarelli, L. Parmegiani and A. Arnone; 15. Ovulation induction for hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism Paraskevi Xekouki and George Tolis; Part V. Alternatives to Ovarian Hyperstimulation: 16. Natural cycle IVF Mauro Schimberni, Marco Sbracia, Annalise Giallonardo and Francesco Morgia; 17. In vitro maturation of oocytes Baris Ata, Dan Levin, Hananel Holzer and Seang Lin Tan; 18. Treatment of hyper-prolactenemia Hany F. Moustafa, Botros Rizk, Ahmet Helvacioglu and Shannon Gilmore; 19. Laparoscopic ovarian drilling Gabor T. Kovacs; Part VI. Procedures Before, During and After Ovarian Stimulation: 20. US monitoring for ovulation induction: pitfalls and problems Mona M. Aboulghar; 21. Triggering ovulation during ovarian stimulation Georg Griesinger; 22. Luteal phase support Biljana Popović-Todorović and Human Mousavi Fatemi; 23. Ovarian reserve as a guide for ovarian hyperstimulation Luciano G. Nardo and Lamiya Mohiyiddeen; Index.